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发信人: meipeng(原来) 整理人: roy_young(2003-01-15 11:12:15), 站内信件 |
| Debate for what
Two years ago, Wuhan University won the second prize in the Singapore international Debate Competition, which brought our university great honor. I did not know it until I was enrolled in Wuda, then I found out that our university actually had a long history of debate activity. Last year I was honorably recruited as a member of the business school debate. The debate topics are generally concerned with love, and the proposition was whether we should choose one we love or the one love us. It is an interesting topic for me, as well as fortunate. Not only was it the first debate I won in my life, but also being luckily entitled as the Debater of the Match. Before long came debate competition among the freshmen. Without any touch of hesitation, I took part in the contest with other departments. We came to the final match eventually, but it turned out to be a heart-broken memory for my friends and me. I could not help to burst into tears when I heard the result, and I thought I would never join in any debate again. However, I was absolutely wrong. I still joined in the business school team this year, and devotedly prepared for the debate competition during the Golden Autumn Cultural Festival. Several days ago, we had our first contest, and unfortunately, it was the last one, the only one we had this year. Upon hearing the outcome, the beautiful girl Li Shone, in our team burst into crying. I felt that I shared the similar feeling with her when I lost my final match. Maybe she had also made up her mind not to have any debates. Walking down the quiet road in our campus, I kept thinking about it. After I came back to my dorm and opened my computer, I stared at the screen, I could not help my mind, and I began to wonder what debate means to me. Debate, as I understand it, should be a forum on which at least two people or groups argue about a statement, each propose their opinions. But, the debates we are involved seem to be too competitive and prize-oriented, you debate to win, and it would be meaningless unless you win the game. However, let us give a few minutes to think of the origin of debate. Thousands of years ago, the wise men in the western civilization debate with each other just for clarifying a statement or solving a puzzle. Did they have any formal competition like us? Did Socrates win any prize for his eloquent debate in his life? I also wonder why we cried just for the failure in a debate match. It seems that we have no idea of what we were debating for, for the truth or for the championship. Winning a debate rewards and honors you, but the process of searching the resources, using your logics and developing your ability can go far more beyond than a prize or title. What counts most is that seeking truth from the mountains of reference materials and convincing others with your sound logic, which will deepen enhance your thinking. So I do hope that if I can take part in any more debates in the three years to come, I can have a chance to devote myself to the heated debate with my opponents. So long as debate is no longer a prize-oriented or driven by utilitarian desire, it is sure to be the favorite activity for most students in the campus. ----  your first impression on me through Internet
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